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'Jesus, we enthrone you'
Slow, versatile golden oldie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jkyiT1_J6I - a light rendering, and an interesting variation.(09/05/2025)
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'Tom's Song'
A song for the Easter season, based on John 20:24-29, when Jesus appears to Thomas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOUHod4EGUw - The only online recording I'm aware of.(08/05/2025)
'Halle Halle Halle'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjf6bYQRbtU - exuberant, simple, and for the youngest to the oldest.(07/05/2025)
'Faithful God'
One of several songs in our repertoire which can be described as 'a versatile, well written short worship song by Chris Bowater'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=85-YVcJwe8w - Mr Bowater at the piano, with a very laid-back version.(06/05/2025)
'At the name of Jesus'
A hymn with many possible tunes: Camberwell is one of the few tunes from the 20th Century Church Light Music Group which has stayed in mainstream use - and it's our choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFI5l8v_0UY - a Songs of Praise version, heavily truncated, as is usual for them with longer hymns.(05/05/2025)
'Crown Him with many crowns'
A good solid hymn, which has been revised/updated by various editors. (I prefer versions without the 'rolling spheres'.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWRXvWZPUQ - an exciting arrangement of an old favourite.(04/05/2025)
'King of Kings, Majesty'
A powerful worship song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnuRIdNwiwg - - bends it in different ways to us - nice to have a change.(03/05/2025)
'To God be the Glory'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-15v9iworAU - a Songs of Praise version(02/05/2025)
'He is Lord (He is risen from the dead...)'
A golden oldie... the potential for revitalising through different harmonisations and interpretations of the music can bring it back fresh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjfXGCm7MR8 - an interesting, laid back take on it.(01/05/2025)
'All Hail the Lamb'
Dave Bilborough four-liner from the 1980s, standing the test of time - as far as we're concerned.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC-cEsuXsfw - slow rendering with a coda borrowed from a Reuben Morgan song.www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYSVznoWq5Y - a Robin Mark recording... more energy, very good but also a teensy bit slow.
(30/04/2025)
'What love is this?'
The Doug Horley one. Allegedly a children's song - works well as all-age. Can be lively.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=68czwG1AJoo - someone called Julie Mayers has kindly provided a solo guitar alternative to the rather long official video.(29/04/2025)
'There's a place where the streets shine'
Upbeat Paul Oakely song, rocks along very nicely: a good ending song for any service looking forward to heaven. If you're leading this on your own, grab your electric guitar!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k_meEp3cjk - album recording.(28/04/2025)
'Now the Green Blade Riseth'
An Easter song I've played at a University Carol Service.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27p98aLPZPI - Ely Cathedral choir, using the original unmodernised words.(27/04/2025)
'The Day of Resurrection'
A fairly successful re-cycling of Ellacombe (not that I could find any recordings of this hymn set to anything else).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIx_0jhW1Y(26/04/2025)
'Led like a lamb to the slaughter / You're Alive'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQC7ZK_egM - Mr Kendrick, singing his own song.(25/04/2025)
'Christ the Lord is Risen Today'
A good hymn that you can't really put in the same service as 'Jesus Christ is Risen Today'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atYmVK6dkWA - a very grand arrangement from Colorado.(24/04/2025)
'Alleluia (Honduras)'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjfyEmYMSDs - this version mixes Spanish and English.(23/04/2025)
'Jesus Christ is Risen Today'
Why not listen twice...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOw2JYdKtfs - from Hereford Cathedral - with plenty of welly.www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMwPEmUMP7U - King's College Cambridge - another good last verse.
(22/04/2025)
'Thine be the Glory'
An Easter essential.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXzmjNE-yLA - King's College Cambridge - with Stephen Cleobury's descant.(21/04/2025)
'See what a morning'
Easter Sunday isn't complete without it, but I still haven't found a recording that does it justice. They either suffer from selective anaemia, or a lack of contrast in expression, especially in verse 2. (Or both.) Basically, you need a keyboard player who's big in the mix. If you have kit on your rig that's not being used by the end, you're doing it wrong!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qlc0UIRkBk - This one's quite good, just needs more at the end!(20/04/2025)
'My song is love unknown'
St Martin's church choir, recorded for Songs of Praise. Samuel Crossman's words and John Ireland's tune, though written much later, seem inseparable to me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7OZSoA22w - St Martin's (in the Fields)(19/04/2025)
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